Improvement in lamp-shade holders



J. FULLER. Lamp-Shade Holder= Patented Sept 6', 1870.'

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MPEIERS. PHOTO-LITHQGRAPHER, WASHINGTON. p1),

JOHNFOLLER, or WASHINGTON, o srino'r or COLUMBIA...

Letters Patent No. 107,026, dated September 6, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT m LAMP-SHADE HOLDERS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same To all whom't't may concern.-

Be itknownthat I, Joan FOLLER, of Washing ton, in the county of vVashington in the District of Columbia, have invented anew and improved Lampshade Holder; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of. the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawing making a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a side view of theshade-holder as it appears when attached to a lamp.

Figure 2' is a partial view in perspective, showing its generalconstruction.

This invention relates to an improvement in shadeliolders for 1amps,.and consists of a peculiarly 'constrncted hinged band, which secures the holder to the neck of the lamp; and a frame constructed of two wires, the lower ends of wliiclrserve as pintles for thehinges of the band, as will hereinafter more fully appear.

In the drawingc is the neck of alamp, to which the band b is clasped.

c c are hinges,,thepintles of which are formed by the ends of thc'wire d and cl.

The band b is constructedd in three parts, 0, f, and g; the part c is gradually curved from hinge'to hinge; the part f is but slightly curved, and is provided with a forked end, having crooked prongs t t'; the party is straight, and has a notched end, It, for the reception of the crooked prongs t i.

The frame 'r is constructed of the wires d d, which also form the piutles of the hinges c, and are secured in the eyes of the hinges c c.

The wire (I is bent at the point j, and curved around to the point It, where it is twisted once around the bend It in the wire d, and carried a short distance above the twist where a hook, l, is formed at its top.

Thewire-d is bent and .cur\'ed,'so as to form a circle with the wire d, and to meet it at j it is then twisted once around the wire :2 and carried a short distance above the twist, where a hook, 'm, 'is formed at its top.

n is a wire in the lamp-shade o.

The hooks l and m can be hooked into the wire u should the shade be provided with one; if not, the shade rests upon the hooks land m, and the circle formed by the wires (1 and d.

The neck a of the lamp is circular .in form, and when the band I) is placed upon the neck the part 9 forms a'tangent with the circle; the part f touches the neck a only near the hinge c, and the forked end meets the notched end of the part g.

The part f must be pressed to some extent in order to insert the prongs it into the notched end of the part g. y r

When the pressure is relaxed the part f springs outwardly, and the crooked prongs i t prevent the forked end from being withdrawn from the notches h.

Having thus described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

.1. The hinged band b, composed of the part f, provided with a forked end having crooked prongst'i,

'part g, having a notched end, h, and part c, arranged relatively one to the other, substantially as described, for the purpose hereinbefore specified.

2. The wires (l and d, forming the frame 1', and

pintles for the hinges c c, substantially as hereinbcfore described.

To the above specification of my invention T have signed my name this 8th day of August, A. D. 1870.

\Vitnesses: JOHN FOLLELt.

GHAs. A. PETTIT, 'lnos. D. D. OURAND. 

